MINIATURE FIRE-CAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 7

MINIATURE FIRE-CAR.

MOTOR-CYCLE AND SIDE-CAR. Besides having to attend to calls c sro, the firo brigade's work entails tosl ing and repairing alarms, and this wor ?ovors a large area. Now that tho horse liave been dispensed with, tho brigade, fo some timo, had nothing left but the: bi motors with which, to do work other tha jttending fires. Now, howover, a speed noans id transit, which does not involy \ny heavy expense, has been obtained 1 the shape of a motor-cycle and, sidc-cal Under the direction of Supenntondei] Fait, tho cycle and side-car has been epi rortcd into a minature firebar. Tho eye! ,rhich is imported is specially construoi <d for side-car work, and a strong, y< not too heavy box has taken tho plac if tho familiar wicker-chair. Iho bo s painted in the brigado colours, of yei nilW and Bold, andcontains a complot ire-fighting outilt. It also oames SOOf if hose, chimney pump, two buckot oranch nozzles, life-liiio, and ,a ana •homical engine. A 12ft. extension ltidik 8 also attached to tho car. . , Tho superintendent considers that tl »r may also bo very useful in dealiti vlth incip'ent outbreaks, or calls wliic :ould be dealt with by two or. threo fir